14 January

Balotelli is fined €38 (£32) by police for disturbing the peace after repeatedly honking the horn of his car in a residential Milan street at 1.30am. The striker's reaction is less than remorseful. "I had to say something to my friend," Balotelli tells the officers. "Are you going to fine him as well?"

16 March

There are reports of a furious argument between Balotelli and José Mourinho at Inter's Pinetina training ground after the player apparently reacted badly to criticism from the manager. Balotelli had been left out of the squad for a game against Catania four days earlier and misses the next four games before making a public apology to Mourinho on 1 April

20 April

During an appearance as a second-half substitute in Inter's 3-1 Champions League semi-final first-leg win over Barcelona, Balotelli gestures angrily at the Italian side's fans before throwing his shirt to the floor at full-time. Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic later claims to have seen Marco Materazzi attacking Balotelli in the tunnel. Balotelli later gives Materazzi an iPad 'to my brother, with affection'

27 June

Another run-in with police for the striker as officers are called to Milan's Piazza della Repubblica following reports of shots being fired from a moving car. Arriving on

the scene, the police discover Balotelli and three of his friends packed into an Audi R8 and brandishing a cap gun. They are released without charge